The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-24 00:00:00

Severe Storm and Floods in tho North, LOSS OF LIFE AND GREAT DESTRUC TION OF PROPERTY. The Wick correspondent-of the Scotsman writes This coast has this week been visited by one of the most severe storms which we have experienced for many years. On Wednesday evening a fresh breeze of wind sprang up from the north-east, and con tinued to increase till midnight, when it burst forth with terrific fury, accompanied by torrents of rain, raising a tremendous sea along the coast and in the bay. Fortunately there were no boats at sea at the time, else the consequences would have been terrible. As it was,;however, an immense amount of damage has been done on shore. The works at the new har bour, which have been carried on almost without interruption for the last 12 months, have been sud denly brought to a stand still by the complete demo lition, in the course of a few hours, of the ponderous wooden staging, which it has taken many months to erect. The staging, which was constructed of heavy logs strongly bound together by iron clasps, and secured by chains and anchors, had been carried seawards about 400 feet, about 80 feet of which was added to it within the last week. It was some 40 or 50 feet wide, and had three or four lines of rails laid on its surface for the locomotive and waggons to run along with the stones necessary for the construction of the breakwater. The work was so strongly fas tened and bound together that the contractors and resident engineer had no fear of its ever giving way, although those acquainted with Wick Bay had grave doubts as to its being able to withstand the fury of the winter storms on this exposed coast. These fears, I regret to say, have been fully realised. Early on Thursday morning the waves began to dash over it, and in the course of a few hours about 300 feet of the work was car• ried away and strewed along the beach in broken fragments. In order to give some idea of the force of the waves, it may be mentioned that many of the huge logs of which the work was constructed,which were 2i feet long, were snapped in pieces, and the rails and heavy iron bolts bent and twisted as if they were pieces of wire. Many hun• dreds of tons of stone, too, have been displaced by tho force of the storm and carried up to the beach, several hundred yards distant. The loss entailed by this most unfortunate disaster we have heard variously at from £4,000 to £B,OOO, which, it is re posted, falls upon the British Fishery Society, and not upon the contractors. It is a serious matter for the town, too, as it will be the means of throw ing a large number of men idle, seeing that nothing can be done without the staging, and that it is not likely it will be again erected before spring. Fears were entertained for the safety of the roads leading to the quarries, which are constructed upon the slope of the beach ; but the wind having veered round more to the north in the course of the day has been the means of running down the sea a little ; so that with the exception of a piece of the embankment which has been carried away they are not likely to be seriously damaged. The crops throughout the country will have suffered severely from the fury of the storm. A great quantity of corn is still in stock, and in the upland districts a good deal of it is yet uncut, so that the strong gale and heavy rains which have literally deluged the fields and flooded all the straths and low-lying districts will, I fear, leave a sad tale behind it of ruin and disaster to many a poor farmer. It is feared that from the suddenness and awful fury of the storm tales of serious disasters at sea on the north coast may yet be to tell. There has been no intelligence received here to-day from Scrabeter, where the storm would bo felt in all its terrible force ; and fears are entertained for the safety of several vessels known to be in that roadstead. FLOOD IN THE GLEN OF ROTHES. The Elgin Courant of Friday says :—" We have to record one of the most severe hurricanes that has visited this part of the kingdom for many years, the effects of which will no doubt be told in tales of disaster for days to come. Rain began to fall on Wednesday afternoon about four o'clock, with the wind from the northward, and, as the afternoon advanced, a strong breeze turned into a perfect hurricane, with an incessant torrent of rain. This continued all Wednesday night with out intermission, and, w ith the exception of a few hcurs on Thursday morning,the storm has continued to the present moment. The rivers are in higher flood than they have been since 1829, The Spey, the Findhorn, the Lassie, and smaller streams are roaring from bank to brae, and in many places they are over their banks, and flooding the haughlands along their courses. Much damage has been done. The Link wood Burn, as it is called, which rises in the Mancch Hill, on the west side of the glen of Rothes, came down on Thursday morning in a perfect tor rent, and carried away some 30 or 40 yards of the railway at the woollen manufactory in the Glen of Rothes, completely intercepting all intercourse on the line. When the goods train from Elgin went up the glen at twelve o'clock, and came near the mills, the driver saw a man standing on the line waving a red flag on a pole, and soon discovered it to be Mr. Hay, the miller, who was giving warning. The train was stopped in time to prevent an acci dent. At the break made by the burn, Mr_ Hay stood hours in the drenching rain to prevent an ac cident, and deserves the highest praise. The train from lathes was stopped by breaks in the line before it got up to the woollen mill, and returned. It is said that some days will be required to repair the damage done to the lino. The Lassie, as we have said, has not been so flooded for 20 years. Lossic-wynd, at the tanworks, was impassable— ducks swimming half up the street, and people compelled to go by North-street on their way to and from Bishopmill. Many trees were seen pass ing down the torrent—even the Linkwood Burn brought down trees from the Glen of lathes, show ing a terrible fall of rain from the hills, for the burn when in its normal state is a mere streamlet:' THE STORMS IN THE MORAY FIRTH. The wind being from the northward, a truly tre mendous sea was rolling along the southern shore of the Moray Firth the whole of Thursday. At Lossiemouth it was impossible to face the storm that raged with a violence which old fishermen said had not been equalled for 30 years. The sea ap peared one unbroken sheet of white foam as far as the eye could reach, The curling breakers extended two miles out from the shore, to 12 fathoms water ; and along the protection wall of the new basin the spray was rising 30ft into the air. In the morning a schooner was seen running up the Firth past Los siemouth, not far from the Skerries, and was ob served to bo struck by several tremendous seas. She soon passed out of sight in the thick fog that covered the foaming ocean, and none on this part of the coast can tell her fate. She must have cleared the promontory of Burghead, and we hope she reached Crcmarty. Reports in Lossiemouth had it that a vessel belonging to Hamburg, laden with herrings from Lybster, was wrecked near Gar. mouth, but tliat all hands were saved, At Buckie, at one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, 15 boats were missing, but three or four of these ran into Burghead Bay, under shelter of the head, and the hands got off. We hope all the rest are safe, but the excitement in Buckie was intense, so many lives being in jeopardy. The alarm of the relatives of the missing seamen was increased tenfold, in con sequence of some boat helms and kits being.washed ashore to the eastward, indicating disaster. At Cullen the gale was felt very severely. The Port kneekie boats were overtaken by it at the haddock fishing, but they all made the harbour, with the ex ception of two. One of these was dashed upon a rock, and drawn out to sea again, but the crew succeeded in steering her to Craigenroan, a natural creek some unites to the west, which has saved many a boat's crew from a watery grave. The other i , s till Thu Cullen boats, happily, were not out. On some. parts of the coast-side between Buckie and Banff it was all but impossible to face the storm. The wind was unroofing e - artll , steading, blowing down stae!s, breaking and uprooting trees. rrsrarso IMATF; LOST AND MrSINO. Early On Teuraday morning a boat belon.inr , to rortessie, na med the Laurel, was driven ashore at Whitehills, Sae is said to be manned by a crew of nine men, six or them brothers, and all mu s t h ave porished, for the boat was cast ashore empty. No doubt it had been swamped among the breakers. This ie a melancholy case, t _beir being little hope of the crew being saved by any other boat near her at the time. At Burghead, such a tempest has rarely been witnessed. There, on Wednesday evening, the first premonitions of a coming gale were no ticed by the wind shifting from south to due north. It was not till Thursday, however, that the hurricane was at its height, and few of the inhabitants of Burghead but were at the pier before the first streak of day till the tempest abated. On Thursday evening, about four o'clock, two boats belonging to Buckie were driven on the sands—the first about six in the morning, the other about mid-day; The fishermen in the boats were so exhausted and benumbed with the cold that they could make no exertions to save themselves, and had the Burghead fishermen licit used the means they did they must have perisb.ed. The brave fishermen of the Broch joined hand. in hand, and waded into the sea until the waves were breaking over their heads. In this way, with almost superhuman exertions, they reached the bos.ts and saved their struggling brethren. Three of the res. cuers were so much exhausted that they had to be borne home, or carried to the nearest dwelling. In the forenoon, just as the other boats were being saved from destruction, a boat was seen about a mile to the west, now rising and now going under the boiling sea, till at last a tremendous wave was seen to break over the ill-fated boat, and she went down with the whole of her unfortunate crew. The name of the boat is unknown, and also the num■ ber of hands, but it is supposed she belonged to Bookie. A sloop, name unknown, but supposed to belong to Kirkwall,,was seen east of Burghead, evidently making for the shore. From the time the vessel bore in sight she evidently was struggling despe. rately with the heavy sea. There were only three hands on board, and they seemed to cling with desperation to the rigging, to which apparently they had lashed themselves, else the waves, as they broke over the mast, would have washed them off. It was a heartrending sight to see the poor fellows on the top of the sails tossing first to one side and then to the other, and at every moment likely to be engulfed by the waves. At one time it was thought that nothing could save them, but, fortunately, at a point not far from the shore, she gave a tremendous luech, which carried her over a sharp rock, and she landed on the sand at the only spot on the shore where it was possible she could do so with safety between Burg head and Lossiemouth. Here, again, the fisher men of Burghead came to the rescue, and with commendable courage succeeded in reaching the sloop and bringing the hands on shore. GALES ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND COAST. Though the gale from the S.W. abated upon the coast of Northumberland during Thursday night, the sea o❑ Friday off that coast was stronger than had been observed during many months past, and it denoted that much more stormy weather had been experienced in the North Sea than had reached the coast. Notwithstanding the very heavy sea, so greatly has the water been improved at the mouth of the Tyne by the dredging operations of the River Tyne Commissioners, that a considerable fleet of laden vessels sailed from the river on Friday morn ing. The latest intelligence from the stranded Ontario leads to the impression that, with the pre• sent weather, she will speedily break up. The crew had left her in the ship's lifeboats. A strong desire is felt for the official account of how the vessel was run on Hasbro' sand at nearly midday, with the sea comparatively calm. The vessel is stated to be worth £200,000. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors of this company states that on the Bengal division the engineering staff had been mainly occupied in the maintenance of the line; the staff had been considerably reduced, and the chief ergineer's attention was constantly engaged in the endeavour to secure the highest state of efficiency in the minimum of cost. in the North-West Provinces the line between Mogulserai and Nlirzapore, 391 miles, was opened for public traffic on the Ist of January; between Ilirzlpore and the south bank of the Jumna at Allahab.4 521 miles, on the Ist of June; between Allyghur and Bolundshuhur.road Station, 351 miles, on the let of April; between the latter place and the bank of Jumna at Delhi, 421 miles, on the let of August—together 170 miles, Mr Sibley, the chief engineer, entertained hopes of being able to open the bridge over the Jumna at Allahabad about March next, and stated that the entire works of con struction on this division of the line were being ra pidly brought to a conclusion. On the Jubbulpore line the works were progressing to the satisfaction of Mr Lelllesurier, the engineer. It had been found desirable to substitute iron girders for the stone arches originally designed for six of the bridges. This alteration had been sanctioned by the Govern. ment, and the iron girders wero in course of manu facture. A delay is the selection of the site for Jubbulpore Station hid caused considerable incon venience. The decision rested with the Govern ment, and the Board trusted that the settlement of this important question might be no longer de ferred. The average length of line in work on the Bengal division during the half-year ended the 30th of June last was 674 miles, which included a further portion of the line constructed by the engi neers of the Norths Western Provinces division. The average length in work during the half-year ended the 31st of December, 1863, was 6081 miles. The number of passengers carried during the half year ending the 30th of June last was 1,693,880, of which 1,648,592 were thirthclass, 32,996 second class, and 12,292 first-class. The gross traffic re ceipts for the half-year ended the 30th of June last had been £492,169, and the net receipts £247,671. The net traffic receipts on the Bengal division from the opening of the line to the 30th of June last had been £1,461,762. The average length of line in work on the North-Western Provinces division during the half-year ended the 30th of June last was 346 miles, and for the half•year ended the 31st of December, 1863, 3281 miles, showing an increase of 181 miles. The permanent way and works had been maintained in efficient order at a cost of rather less than 9d per train mile. The working expenses had been 4987 per cent. The number of passen gers carried during the past half-year was 370,212, of whom 360,735 were third-class, 6,565 second class, and 2,892 first-class. The gross traffic re ceipts for the half-year had been £159,974, and the net receipts £80,207. The net traffic receipts since the opening of the line for public traffic in the North-West Provinces division had been £428,507. The general result of the ha,f-Seat's working on the two divisions of the line, as compared with the pre- ceding half .year, exhibited a decrease in the work ing expenses, an increase of 470,317 in the number of passengers carried, and of 69,188 tons of goods and minerals, and of £148,671 in the net earnings. The Board were not yet in possession of the views of the Government in India in reference to the line intended to connect the Kurhurballee coalfields with the main line. The bill conferring powers on the company to raise additional capital received the Royal assent on the 30th of June last. The Board were of opinion that the capital already issued would meet all sanctioned requirements on the line to Delhi for some time to come. The estimates of the total cost of the Jubbulpore line appeared to have been made with great accu racy. Allowing for the alterations in the bridges and for the provision of an ample supply of rolling stock, the cost should not emceed £3,250,000, or about £14,500 per mile, which, as anticipated by the Board, was considerably less than that of the main line. The awn of £2,000,000, originally subscribed on account of these works was temporarily applied, with the sanction of the shareholders and the &ere. , tary of State to the main line ; and of the £2,000,000 raised subacquently to replace this amount, about £1,000,000 had been repaid to the Jubbulpore line, the balance having been required for the works on the main line, which, at the time, the estim%te fur. nished by the cnginetrs led the Board to b , lieve were fully provided for. The Board proposed to take authority from the special meeting to raise £1,200,000, the balance of capital, which it might be estimated would be required for the Jubbulpore line, but they did not propose to create this eddi, tional,capital during the present year. In future the revenue statement of the whole of the opened lines would be published in one account. The new audit department continued to work satisfactorily, an d was now being extended over the whole line with the most beneficial results. The revenue ac count for the half-year ending the 30th of June showed that £492,169 had been received on the Bengal division, and £244,498, or 49 . 68 per cent., expended, leaving a balance of £247,671. The re ceipts on the North-West Provinces division amounted to £159,979, and the expenses to £79,772 or 49.87 per cent., leaving a balance of £80,207. The aggregate receipts of the two divisions amounted for the past half-year to £652,148, the expenses to £324,270, and the balance to £327,878. rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1864. BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The report of the directors states that Mr. W. I Clay, the company's secretary, left England for Bahia in May and returned in August last. The directors had every reason to believe that Mr Clay's mission to Bahia had been of great benefit to the company, by the introduction of a more economical and better system in the administration and working of the railway. The traffic during the last six months had fallen short of what was expected; this was principally due to the sugar crop of 1863 having been exceedingly light. In the six months ending 30th of June the number of train miles run had been 31,231, and the number of passengers carried, 23,179. The receipts amounted to £11,651, the expenditure to £27,026, and the deficiency to £15,375. The revenue account showed that the disbursements of the company, including the ad interim dividend, and income.tai £1,208, paid during the last six months, had been L 77,734, and the receipts £74,701, including £63,000 from the Imperial Brazilian Government, leaving a balance of £3,033 to be charged to the debit of the present half-year ending 31st of December next. The re'. ceipts and expenditure of the current half-year could not be known, and the accounts could not be finally made up in England until April, 1865. The dividend for the whole year would be declared at the ordinary general meeting in April next. A final settlement of all accounts and claims had been made with the contractor. The report of Mr Clay the secretary, stated that as the prosperity of all railway companies depended upon economy in ex penditure on the one hand, and increasing income on the other, he lost no time in addressing himself to those two great questions. He found after bis arrival in Bahia, that there were many more officers and servants than the working of such a line required, and there had since been a very con siderable reduction in the number of employes. As to stores, ho saw enough to convince him that there was much extravagance and profusion in their use and distribution, and he made such arrangements as be trusted would lead to great saving under this head. All rolling stock and skilled workmen had to be imported from Eng land, and taking into consideration the injurious effects of the climate upon machinery, and the in ability of English workmen to perform the full amount of labour, it became obvious that the rolling stcck would always be an expensive item in the working of the line, and would require constant and careful supervision. The permanent way also he feared would for some years be more than ordinarily expensive. He felt confident, however, both as to the rolling stock and the maintenance of way, they had in Mr Thompson, their principal resident engi neer, a practical and efficient officer, who would meet the difficulties with energy and skill. The line started from the capital city of Bahia, which contained about 180,000 inhabitants, and it termi nated at Alagoinhas, a town of about 7,000 inhabi tants, but it traversed a country at present contain- ing a very sparse population, and it therefore ap peared tc him that four of the 15 stations on the line might for the present be closed at once with advantage and saving of expense, and it was done. The people resident on and near the railway bad not yet acquired the habit of travelling. The entire route of the railway was absolutely without hotel or other accommodation for passengers, and until this want was supplied the passenger traffic must be very limited. The staple produce of the country was sugar and tobacco, and h 3 was informed that those articles were now being cultivated to a much greater extent than formerly. On the whole he was inclined to believe that with energy, skill, and attention on the part of the officials, they might ex pect a progressive increase of traffic both in passen gers and goods. He believed the alterations and suggestions he had made would have the cffect of reducing the working expenses £B,OOO or £lO,OOO per annum. The expenditure on capital account appeared from the balance sheet to hays been L 1,727,827. WEST FLANDERS. The directors state in their report that the re ceipts for the six months ending the 3011 of June last exceeded those for the corresponding period of 1863 by £2,611. The sum available for dividend was £5,961, out of which the directors proposed to declare a dividend of 4s. per share, leaving a balance of £609. The defini►ive shares would very shortly be ready, and by their issue the directors expected to discover with accuracy how many shares might have been issued in excess of the number autho rised by statute. Mr. Hutt, the accountant, re ported that the number so issued might amount possibly to 249. The directors had already pur chased and cancelled 101 shares, leaving 148 which might possibly have to be purchased hereafter. Those shares, with the sum of £1,655 which still remained to be arranged in the books, represented the extreme limits of the company's possible liabi lities, to meet which the directors held 278 prefe rence shares, which they had not yet thought it prudent to dispose of. The convention between the West Flanders Company and the Societe do Tubize had received the Royal assent, and would come into operation on the Ist of January next. The directors had received estimates for the construe- tion of the proposed extension lines from Routers to Ypres and from Poperinghe to Hazebrouck, which had been duly referred to the company's engineer to report upon. The capital account showed that £599,093 had been expended. The traffic account for the half-year ending the 30th of Stine showed that £27,420 had been received, and £17,098 ex pended, leaving a balance of £10,322. DEMERARA. The directors in their zeport announce that all difficulties had been overcome, and that on the 31st of August the railway was opened throughout to Mahaica by his Excellency the Governor of British Guinea, in the presence of the members of the Court of Policy and many other influential residents in the colony. The conditions upon which the colonial mortgage was to be cancelled having, there fore, been fulfilled, tho entire cost of the railway to the present shareholders would not exceed the £250,000 originally proposed as the capital of the company. The traffic returns were highly satisfac tory, there had been a very marked increase in the number of passengers, and it was expected that when the crop was again in progress the receipts for goods would also exhibit considerable improves ment. The balance en revenue account was £4,685, out of which the directors proposed a payment of £2,600, the preference dividend on capital applicable to the old line, and of £1,689, a dividend at the rate of 2 por cent per annum on the original stock, leaving a balance of £395. The total expense of the extension had rather exceeded the first esti mate, but the issue of the £5,000 reserved prefer ence stock would provide all the funds required for the undertaking, including the cost of the two new locomotives. Prior to the opening of the extension line the Government Coloniel Engineer reported that ho had inspected the remaining portion of the Demerara Beilway from the ClonbrooL station to the terminus at Muquito.hall, and that it could be used for traffic with perfect safety ; that the large bridge across the Mahaica Canal did great credit to the designer and the workmen who erected it ; and that the permanent way ayes cen-plettl to within a few yards of the Creek. The revenue account for the half.year ending the 30th of June showed that £9,710 had been received, and £5,031 expended, leaving a balance of £4,629. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The trEdne receipts on this line for the week end in; the 13th in2.t. amounted to £62,591, and for the corresponding week last year to .240,853, showing an increase of £2,741. The total receipts from the Ist of Jan. to the above date amounted to £2,273,882, and for the corresponding period of 18G3 to £2,151,757, showing an increase of £122,125. ROYAL DANISH. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of Sept. amounted to £5,334 against £3,677, showing an increase of £3,657. , MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY. The traffic returns on this railway for the four weeks ending the 18th Aug. last amounted on six miles of railway to £2,883 for passengers, and £3,116 for goods, total £5,999, being at the rate of £250 per mile per week; and for the corresponding period of 1863 to £5,117, or at the rate of £213 per mile per week, showing an increase of £BB2. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's railway, in• eluding the receipts of the Montreal and Champlain, and BuffAlo and Lake Huron railways, for the week ending Ist of Oct., amounted, for local passengers, to £7,656, for foreign passengers to £2,273, for for emigrants to £250, for mails, &e., to £642, for for local freight and live stock to £11,955, and for foreign freight and live stock to £l,76B—total £24,544; and for the corresponding week of last year to £23,352, showing an increase of £1,192. The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date amounted to £300,293, and for the same period of 1803 to £257,647, showing an increase of £42,646, or 16.55 per cent. VICTORIAN. The traffic receipts on the Victorian Go vernment railways, 196 miles in length, amounted from the Ist of January to the 14th of July last to £268,495, and for the corresponding pEriod of 1863 on the same mileage to £246,789, shows receipts for the 28 weeks averaged £49 per mile per week, against £45 per mile per week in 1863. Mr. Bernal Osborne on Public Affairs. Mr B. Osborne, M.P., addressed his constituents in the Guildhall at Liskeard at eight on Friday evening; Mr H. Caunter, Mayor of the borough, occupied the chair. Mr OSBORNE, who was recQived with great cheering, said,—This, gentlemen, is the season for societies' meet ings and congresses of all sorts. You have social science meetings, political meetings, scientific meetings, and eccle siastical congresses all assembling. You have addresses, ex plainings, lecturings, andmystityings upon all the subjects, Let me hope that my speech will not be of the latter class, (A. laugh.) I am here to give, as far as in= lies, a straight forward account of my Parliamentary career and conduce in the last session—to explain, if 1 am able, the speeches that I have made, and to defend, if you require it, the votes which I have not given. You will all remember that this last session of Parliament in this year of grace, 1864, opened with most stormy prognostications. There were very dangerous winds and from very opposite quarters. To be sure, nobody can deny that the climate has been some- what dull at home—bat at the same time the tempest in the north of Europe was very violent, and, though very many ill •natured people observed that her Majesty's Government had no domestic policy, it could not be denied that from their great experience it was expected they would have peculiar abilities for managing our foreign affairs. I think they have shown that they have peculiar abilities for entangling us in foreign embroihnents. Well, there were many people who consoled themselves for the Government not undertaking to bring in a Reform Bill for home consumption with the idea that they were about to advise his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and suggest a Reform Bill for his subjects in Poland, or rather the Duchy of Warsaw. Well, it was then regarded as a great consolation for not having a Reform Bill for England that we should have ono for Poland—and, although wo have had no very great measures brought into Parlia ment for England, Ireland, or Scotland, there are many people who console themselves for that by the consideration that we have lectured Germany, bombarded Japan, defied the Ashantees, and bullied the Brazils. (Laughter.) That may be a very great consolation to some people, but I con fess I am not one of those ardent spirits who look upon those things either with sympathy or approval. Let us see what the results of the session were ? I cannot do it from a more favourable point of view for the Government than by taking the Government's own account of the matter given in the Queen's speech. I observe that the present speech was read by commissioners, and not by her Majesty. I have no doubt she was rather disgusted with the Eng lish, because people don't like to have such speeches and things put into their mouths. I would not like to have de livered it to my constituents. These speeches are made, I may tell you, in this manner —One man puts forward one sontence, and another man another, and when they are all got together it is then put to the vote, and one unfortunate being has to put this conglomerate English together and make what he can out of it. (Laughter.) Let us see now what portion of this speech is devoted to our domestic policy. We (the members of Parliament) weie thanked for the zeal an , i assiduity with which we had applied ourselves to the dia charga of our duties in Parliament. Let me tell you, as au old member of Parliament, what this zeal and assiduity is. Whenever there is anything really doing, when the esti mates are moved, and whenever great sums of money are voted, there are 50 people in the house. And I must say this, that those people with whom I act—although I never was a financial reformer—that those financial reformers who some three years ago presented a fine flaming document to the Prime Minister for retrenchment are never there. That is the first sentence, and when we come to the remainder, it is really quite curious, It is not like a speech of an Eng lish Government,but reminds us of what old Johnson says— " Lot observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru.'' Every country is spoken of except England, and England is omitted. Well that may be very satisfactory to some people, but I dont think it is a satisfactory state of things for this country that the whole of the working power of the nation in Parliament should have had nothing to do but to discuss foreign affairs, leaning our own affairs in slain quo. Now, I don't stand here to tell you that Parliament has been utterly useless, and have passed acts which have been of no value, because I am not of that opinion. The budgets of Mr Gladstone would form the financial backbone of any Administration, and Mr Gladstone deserves the greatest credit and the greatest assistance from the people of this country for devoting his power and his intellect in prepar ing these budgets and lightening the taxation of this coun try. Now, what has been the fact with regard to Mr Glad stone i Up to the year 1859 the expenditure of this country was increasing at a monstrous rate, but since Mr Gladstone has been Chancellor of the Exchequer—since the 37, ar 1859 —he has cut down the taxation from £72,000,000 in the former year to £37,000,000 in 1864. (Hear, hear,) That is a beginning, and a very good beginning, I think. Mr Glad stone has reduced your income tax; he has in part reduced that monstrous and unjust tax called the duty on fire in surances ; he has reduced your duty upon sugar ; he has given you—l am speaking now to the industrial working classes—he has given you a bill, upon which I had very great doubts as to its propriety at first—l mean the Govern ment Annuities, but which, ;Icon further examination, I was convinced was a most beneficial measure to the indus trial working classes. (Hear, hear.) I was in some doubt about it at first, I tell you candidly, for I have always thought that it was not the duty of the Government to in terfere with the Ibusiness of the private speculator. But the case was so strongly made out as to the way in which the poor men were spoiled and deceived by many companies which were composed of schemers—as I may call them—l Could not resist the case which was brought before me, and I gave my entire and hearty support to the bill. That, I think, was a good and sound measure, and I must give my meed of approbation to the financial policy which has dis tinguished her Majesty's Government, for I am not always disposed to act with the Government, and to support it at any rate. I will never keep back the expression cf my ap proval where I think it is due. I have drawn your atten tion—and I thank you for the attention—to the Queen's Speech. Now what is the reason why home politics are not attended to ? What is the reason there is such apathy over the whole country, I think I can account for it. Gentle men, so long as it is the pride of the people of England to have what is called a spirited for eign policy, so long will you hive no domestic policy. What is the effect—just look at the effect—of concentrating all the attention and all the energies of the country upon foreign politics? What is the effect but to blind you as to what is going on at home, Now just look at cur treatment of the Emperor of the French. Sometimes he is exhibited as a friend—sometimes he is held up as a bugbear. My own belief is that the Emperor of the French, who has been brought up in a different man ner to other sovereigns —who has known adversity, and is well acquainted with the ways of the world—knows what the English people are; and that the Emperor of the French, not perhaps out of any romantic love for this country, but from motives of self-interest, is one of the best friends of our nation. (Applause.) And I must protest against his name being made Use of to work upon the people of this country, at ono time for the purpose of altering the laws for his protection, and at another time to load us with taxation to protect ourselves from him. The two are incompatible. I have said something about foreign p atics, and let me in the first place direct your attention to Poland. Few ques t ions were so popular in England as this Polish question, and I may say that I think that really moral courage is shown as much in resisting the people when they are wrong as in going with them when they are right. (Hear.) Let us look at this relish question, which I have taken some pains to inquire into from the beginning. In the year 1831 the constitution of Poland was suppressed altogether. What did we know ? In that year Louis Fhilippe was upon the throne of France, Earl Grey was at the head of the 1Ii• nistry of this country, and Lord Palmerston was Secretary fur Foreign Affairs. Lo: is Philippe proposed that the Eng- lish Government should interfere by arms and go to war against Russia for Poland. The English Government, how ever, most sensibly refused, but they also did as they have generally done when they have done nothing else—they protested. By some papers published in 1861 it has now come out that in the former year Lord Palmerston gave as his reason for not interfering on behalf of Poland that Eng land was not disposed to go to war for Poland against her faithful ally the Emperor of Russia. These were Lord Pal- merston's reasons for declining to act with Louis Philippe, and very good reasons indeed they are; but I want to know why, if these reasons were good in 1831, we have altered our opinion now ? because it is very much to our interfer ence in this Polish question that I trace all the evils that have lately arisen, The Government proposed six points to Russia—a sort of Russian Reform Bill—and no doubt it was very consoling to some people, that as there was to be no Reform Bill for England, one was proposed for Russia. In July, 19, 1863, there was great excitement in the House of Commons. Articles had appeared in the papers, and it was supposed that we were really going to be mad enough and foolish enough to go to war for Poland. Meetings were held in London in support of it, and were attended by people whose cry was " Liberty to Poland and death to Russia," and who did not have any anticipations of having to pay alO per cent. income tax. (Hear, hear.) Of course they were excellent points to propose if you had an army at your back and intended business ; but what business had you to excite those men to revolt, as they were by this means making themselves obnoxious to Russia, and them quietly to say you meant nothing, and cover yourselves with confusion when you had plunged Poland into blood? I will say that this policy is a policy which makes this coun try ridiculous, and adds misery to all the unfortunate people wha are led away by this foolish, this unmeaning, this criminal swagger. That is my opinion on the national ques tion. Then why did Lord Palmerston hold one language to America and another to Russia ? What so foolish and so wrong as his interference with Poland ; what so wise and so right as his conduct with regard to America ? You know America is a very good customer, and won't stand any non sense, and that is the reason why you do not interfere with her. (Hear, hear.) So anxious am I not to interfere that I would not express an opinion upon the question ; for a man may do some mischief who could not do any good. I say, however, that we have pursued a right course towards America, and that we have no business to interfere. That war was to be lamented for the sake of our common hu- manity; but at the same time as Englishmen we cannot help remembering that those people upon both sides, who are showing this indomitable perseverance, and making this stupendous struggle—•that those people are descended from ourselves. We must feel a pride in that. The reason they have to fight is great; for if the Southern States are sepa rated from the North, the greatness of America is set for ever. I can give no opinion as to the result. Looking a.. a sensible man at all the circumstances, I cannot help think• ing that however long the contest may be, it must be like that of two gladiators in the arena, with whom, science being equal, weight will tell, and I believe the North will eventu ally make a solitude and call it peace. It is not for us to vindicate either party ; it is not for us to stand by and be as little offensive to either as we are capable of being. There fore, if I decry the conduct of the Government for inter ference in Poland, I give them every credit for the neutral attitude they have assumed with regard to America. There was a question that came before the House of Commons on which I will now speak. It arose on June 17. The ques tion caused great excitement, and what are termed the "whips," but who, I think, might more properly be desig nated the fishermen, were especially active that evening, their best flies being thrown over the most doubtful fish. (Laughter.) I don't know how they looked upon me, as I am rather in disgrace at Westminster, and, I fear, also a little with you, (No, no I) Sir John Hay, a very distin guished and gallant officer, who is upon the Conservative side of the house, brought forward a vote of censure on the Government for not making war on the King of Ashantee. The Government only escaped with a majority of six. I was in that majority, not because I had any love for the question, but because I thought that the Government were ill-treated. I examined and saw that they were being made responsible for the sins of other people, for the measure they wore to enforce was that of tb.e " Cape Coast Protectorate," which was brought in by my Lord Derby, and pledged us.to pro tect the natives on the Cape Coast. It was, in my opinion, an impolitic act, as I think that we have no business what ever in interfering in such a matter. But the Government were not responsible for this. When the debate was brought on, the Duke of Newcastle—a man whose name should not be mentioned by any Englishman without justice being done to him as a man and a statesman—the Duke of Newcastle was at that time smitten by the hand of Pro deuce, and was not able to make the defence which I know he could otherwise have made, and therefore I gave my vote for the Government, and I think materially con tributed to save it from defeat. I now come to what I think I may term the question of the evening. I see some of your faces sensibly becoming longer; and I don't wonder at it when I know that you anticipate my mention of tho words Schleswig-Holstein, or Denmark and her Duchies, for if ever there was a puzzling question—a question which bothered people's intelligence and set the world astray, it is this question of Schleswig Holstein. I was the first who mooted it in the House of Commons ; I have gone through a course of reading upon it which almost made a lunatic of me, and certainly aid not contribute to my hap piness in any way. You will remember that there are papers in London peculiarly open to Lord Palmerston's sugges tions. They were all sounding the war trumpet. The de' spatches were not produced, as you know, for six weeks. " Where are the despatches ?" was constantly the cry, The reply was that there was something wrong in the printing office of the Foreign-office. I shall never forget it. Four blue books wore laid en the table, containing thousands of pages, with upwards of 3,000 despatches, and, in fact, they were nothing short of a manual for the complete letter writer. 1 here were letters of all sorts and in all styles ; there were notes hectoring and lecturing—notes minatory and monitory; despatches with a great deal of blarney and bluster ; and ultimatums which nobody could understand. (Laughter.) Here let me say, however, that I have no in teation of blaming the Foreign Minister for what hap pened. He is like a young lady—a little too fond of the pen; but if the advice had been followed which was con tained in his proposition of 1862 to the Danish Government there would have been no war with Denmark, and the question would have been at rest. I give Lord John Russell—l mean Lord Russell, I wish he were Lord John Russell—credit for having written that despatch, and I must say that I think his proper place was the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Commons; Unfortunately in 1852 this country entered into a contract to give a King to Denmark and the Duchies, and we gave a King who had a right to be King of Denmark, but had no right to sit in the Duchies. We bound ourselves to give an unwel come S ,vereign to an unwilling people—and could I, as a Liberal member of Parliament, taught to respect opinions as expressed by legal organs, give my assent to that. I could not, and as an honest man I opposed the Govern ment on that point. I brought the question forward early, and Mr Disraeli then moved the previous question, which meant that no opinion should leo given on it at all. If, however, the line I mooted had at first been taken, we should have come to an end of the business, for, as it was, the Treaty of 1852 was " kicked into the dust," and in spite of all our lecturing we put our hands coolly into our pockets, and at last did the sensible thing we ought to have done at first. A. long debate took place, which ex cited the Danes to make a resistance they never intended to make ; and in fact the Ministry was greatly to be blamed for the bloodshed and the treasure wasted by Denmark. It should be understood that greater tyranny never existed than that to which the Germans ware subjected by the Danes, who filled their public offices with Danish people' and even prevented the Gorman language from being spoken. An address protesting against the persecution by the Danes was signed largely by Germans, and the pat ties who presented it were put in prison and prosecuted—and these are the people for whom all our sympathies were ex cited. We all like to see a little follow standing up well for himself in a fight, whether he be right or wrong, and the Dane was a little fellow who stood up gallantly, but he was quite wrong. Various as the opinions on the debate were, and great as were the differences, every speaker unanimously agreed upon one thing, that our policy of nonintervention was unjustifiable, and at the height of Lord Palmerston's .popularity his foreign policy broke down, for you had no in tervention after that division on what was called a vote of want of confidence in the Government, but which was really a vote of want of confidence in the politicians on the other side, who had no policy whatever to declare. Sir Robert Collier, the most excellent representative of Plymouth, last night said that the Government deserved credit for keeping the peace. Now what did the Government do ? They ac tually proposed to the Emperor of France to go to war with Germany, and now they are taking the credit of keeping the peace. The Government were hindered from going to war by the French Emperor, and by that section of the Cabinet which considers that when war ceases to become a necessity it:becomes a crime, There was a large division, and I did not vote on it—you remember that. If a member does not eat a full peck of dirt—if he stands up to make a speech of strong and honest reprobation, is he to be told that he is to lose the confidence of his constituents ? I ant told that I have lost your confidence. lam here to ask, is it so? (Cries of "No, no.") Well, I will tell you why I did not vote. I could not vote what I thought was a lie— that the Government had conducted the negotiations suc cessfully. You would have said, "He roars like any suck ing dove, but look how he votes ;" and you would have been justified. Well, I could not vote for tho other side, for they had no policy. If they had declared policy of non intervention and reduction I would have voted with them, but they did not say so. I know that there are few cases in which not voting at all upon an important question could be excused, so as I could not vote I did the gallant thing— I walked away. I know it will be said, " Oh, look at Mr Osborne; ho is letting in the Tories." Letting in the Tories I Pcor innocent individuals, I want to know where they are, If that great Pagan philosopher, Diogenes, were to descend into the impure and inflammable atmosphere of the House of Commons provided with a patent Sir Humphrey Davy's lamp, and were to endeavour to discover a Tory party, after some difficulty he might find three pure Tories—all most excellent, honest, energetic men. Diogenes would say, " I think that the member for North Warwick shire, Mr. Nowdogate, is one." lie would say, " How are You. Nowdegate ?" (Laughter.) lie would also see in the member for West Norfolk, Mr. Bentinck, another Tory; and as he was a man of great judgment, he would recognise, I think, as the third Tory the noble lord the member for Tiverton. (Laughter.) There is no reason why the Tory should not be popular. We have an idea that he is a horned, winged, and tailed animal, who is out of date. (A. hiss by a youth,) That young gentleman who is sibilating there does not recollect that for 50 years Lord Palmerston was a Tory. The first speech made by Lord Palmerston was in 1809, in defence of seizing the Danish fleet at Copenhagen. He was a violent Tory then, and voted against reforms of all kinds, and it curiously happens that in his last speech he resigned Denmark to her fate. (Hear.) The most efficient support to Lord Palmerston is given by the ex treme Tory section ; else why are Church-rates still stand ing ? The names of Whigs and Tories are becoming by words. I cannot see why some new combination shoed not be tried. Is there any statesman more liberal in voting, speaking, and writing than Lord Stanley, who has not only voted and spoken for the abolition of Church-rates, but has written an able pamphlet in favour of it, and supports Re form ? Why am I, then, to be deterred from voting for Lord Stanley because he sits on the opposite benches ? Why am Ito be bound simply by a party restriction. I hesitate not to declare that the Liberal party has neither a flag nor a leader, and we are in the slough of despond. Who would have ever thought that we should have arrived at a time when repose and thanksgiving are enjoined upon us by Liberal Ministers as the euthanasia of the great Liberal party ? However inclined to be thankful, we are not dis posed to rest. Ministers exist by the support of friends, parties exist by the vivacity of their principles. The other day Lord Palmerston said that his Ministty was composed of the ablest men in the world. I don't dispute that, but there are many people who hold high office, who are only selected because of high connections, and who, if they de pended on their own abilities, would be reduced to blowing the bellows of their parish organ. If they are able they are rather indolent, for they don't produce much. They remind me of a parrot who was fold thirty years ago as being the cleverest parrot in Europe, for he was able, to say "The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill," which was a very popular cry at that time. A most respectable old lady gave £5OO for the bird, but for a whole year after it was bought it never uttered a cry. It ate its food, it drank, and was in capital condition, but not a word would it speak. The old lady remonstrated with the man she bought it of, and he said to her, when told that it would not speak, " Oh, no; but it's a devil to think." I think that is very much the case with our domestic policy. Before the Government was in office we shook our fingers at them ; we gave them a weary time ; we derided them for not being reformers and ex communicated them for not retrenching. Well, we got in, and we're devils to think. (Laughter.) The head of the pre sent Ministry is I grant a fine specimen of a fine old English gentleman. I separate him as what he is privately from what he is politically. I know of no measure from 1809 down to the present day which he has produced or put his impress on. He is an acute, able man, and having been all his life in office very naturally does not want to get out of it, but he occupies very much the position of the Duke of Wellington in his later years, who, we must candidly admit, adhered to old systems, and, grateful for victories won by the old Brown Bess, would not hear of the Enfield rifle. I am proud to have stood in Parliament as your representative, and I have been proud of my position solely as you sent me to Parliament as a free, unfettered, independent man—not obliged to register a compulsory vote, nor give way to offi cial influence, or to be tickled by Ministerial blandishments. If it is your wish that Lord Palmerston should be sup ported, I shall not gainsay it; but I cannot vote that black is white when I know it to be otherwise, and I cannot be reduced to a mere delegate. The infant lips of the present Parliament were for reform and retrenchment ; when grown up it ridiculed reform and despised retrenchment; but when the throes that are approaching shall have arrived you will have the old thing stammered out—reform and retrenchment. Well, are you going to be taken in ? You have no chance now; the principal people interested are the lawyers, who for a consideration are baked in hot com mittee rooms. Railways are better represented than prin ciples. An independent man having a small fortune has no chance against a railway contractor who promises to bring a line into the town, and in fact the House of Com mons is now, as I have before declared it to be, a great, rich, commercial man's club, and the narrow gauge of private interests is made subservient to the great broad gauge of public good. Lately we have had Mr Gladstone making a tour through the country, but he has not given any inkling of what the Govern ment are going to do. He said that he looked with shame on our treatment of Ireland. I think he should have remem bered that his Government have done nothing to ameliorate in any way the condition of that country. We all remember the exertions of my excellent friend Sir J. Trelawny in fa vour of the abolition of church rates, He has thrown up the question in disgust—and why ? Because the Ministry do not vote for him, and no private member can be expected to settle such a question as this, which none but a Government can settle, and which could not be disposed of except by the proposal of measures palatable to both parties engaged in the struggle. Then, too, the Government were pledged to the extension of the franchise, and this great question has been left to Mr Baines, the member for Leeds. I am for opening the portals of the Constitution gradually, so that I may ad mit the educated mechanic, who is as fit to exercise the franchise as myself, or any man in this room. In times of agitation the Government have said, " We will not yield to fear." A dead calm comes, and then they tell us nobody cares about it. Now, if ever there was a time for the respect able settlement of that question it is now, and that it is due is surely evident when we have seen the millions of Lanca shire behaving in a way that would have done honour to the philosophers of old. I say lam not one of those who have ever bleated for universal suffrage, which I regard with dread. I look to France and see there the effects of the des potism of one man, and I look to America and see the des potism of a mob ; and I am glad to find there is a middle course, and I am persuaded that England would be prouder, stronger, and safer if a great portion of the mechanic class were admitted to the franchise. Referring finally to myself, I have to say that I am proud to represent this constituency so long as it is your will that I should do so on the princi ples which I have endeavoured to enunciate; but if there be any disappointment in regard to the action I have taken and the views I have expressed, I am content to abide by your decision and to retire into that private life which I do not need the means for enjoying. Mr OSBORNE, in reply to Mr Gaskin, said—l must apo logise for having been so taken up with foreign affairs that I omitted to notice the bill brought in by Mr Lawson, which is the bill of Mr Pope, of Manchester. Mr Lawson asked me to support it, and I said, " Certainly not ;" and Mr Lawson's own speech convinced me that the measure would be most tyrannical. To Mr Somes's bill for Sunday closing I have a still stronger objection, as it would be even more injurious. The most convincing speech against it was made by a teetotaller, Mr Bright, who showed that by its operation the poor man would be deprived of comforts which the rich man would still be able to obtain. Ido not believe in making people moral by act of Parliament—and I can therefore hold out no hope that if again honoured:with your confidence I would ever support these measures. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— On Saturday a special general meeting of this com pany was held at the Euston Station, to take into con sideration the property of raising further capital, under the provisions of an act of the last session of Parlia • ment. Mr Moon, chairman of the company, presided. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, explained that by the provisions of the Lancashire Union Railways Act of last session the London and North-Western Com pany were empowered, should the proprietors think fit, to subscribe to and become partners in that undertaking to the extent of £lOO,OOO. The present meeting was called to authorise the directors to make such subscription, and to raise for that purpose the requisite amount of capital. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving a resolution in the spirit of the foregoing observations. The capital to be raised by the creation of new ordinary shares pr stock in the undertaking of the company, to be disposed of in such manner and to such persons as may. in the opinion of the directors, be most advantageous to the interests of the company. Mr Westhead seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN.—Major Richard Weyland, one of the surviving heroes of Waterloo, died at his family seat, Woodrising Hall, Nor folk, on the 14th inst. Major Weyland was a British soldier of the finest type, entered the army at an early age, and continued in the 16th Light Dragoons until after the Penin sular war, and subsequently settled down as a country gen tleman on his estate at Woodeaton, Oxfordshire. In 1854, upon the death of his elder bruther (the late Mr John Weyland), the major succeeded to the family estate in Norfolk, Woodrising Hall, and left to reside there, He was member of Parliament for the county of Oxford from 1832 to 1837, having for his colleagues the late Mr Harcourt and Lord Norreys (the present Earl of Abingdon), and served the office of high sheriff in 1830. Major Weyland's elder daughter is the present Countess of Wiliam. A SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING,—A serious ease of possibly fatal stabbing took place on Saturday morning at the workshops of Messrs Cubitt, in the Gray's inn-road. It appears that two youths—Henry Parsons, aged 16 years, and Thomas Dudley, aged 14 years—were employed in the turning department of those workshops, and at about 11 o'clock Dudley amused himself by larking about the shop and interrupting Parsons at his lathe. Par sons angrily told Dudley to desist, but the latter, instead of doing so, ran against him and pushed him on one side ; thereupon Parsons seized up a heavy tool, or chisel, the blade of which was eight inches long, and hurled it at Dudley with all his force, and it buried itself deep in his right thigh. The poor boy fell, and the blood gushed out in such a stream that it was apparent at once that his life was in jeopardy, and the workmen carried him straight to the Royal Free Hospital, Mr May, the house surgeon, pronounced the wound to bo of so dangerous a character that it would bo impossible to state whether the boy's life could be saved. The lad Parsons was given into custody, and was taken to the King's-cross-road station. Both boys had borne a good character. Loss of the barque Lanarkshire. We present our readers with some further interesting particulars of the loss of the Lanarkshire (belonging to Messrs M. Whitwill and Son, shipbrokers, Bristol), whilst on her voyage to Gloucester, with a cargo of timber, from Quebec. They are taken from the ship's journal and from the statement of the crew. On the 9th of September a heavy gale of wind blew from the SE, with a heavy sea; the starboard pump was disabled, by which the crew were only able to work one pump; Every effort was used to work both pumps, but without effect, the ship making a great deal of water and labouring heavily, the pump constantly work ing. At 6 30 p.m. the gale increased varying to ESE. and the ship was kept before the wind, steering WNW all hands kept working at the pump until 11 p.m., when a portion of the crew retired to rest. Sept. 10, at 1 a.m., the remaining part of the crew were relieved, and at 4 a.m. the wind shifted to NW, the ship being still kept before it. At 5 a.m. all hands wore called to the pump, and kept working at it till 7 30 a.m., when the ship began to wash so heavily:that the crew made an attempt to secure their clothes, but were only enabled to get a part, when the port forecastle was completely washed in, and the starboard forecastle was full of water. By this time the ship was water-logged, a heavy gale of wind blowing. At 9 a.m the deck load was washed away, together with the rails, stanchions , long boat and pinnance, besides their supply of water. All hands assembled on the poop, expecting every moment to be engulfed in the yawning waves, but providen tially the gale abated, and the crew set to work to sale the provisions in the cabin. A cwt. of bread and some small stores, together with a couple of gallons of water were secured—and as night set in two of the crew kept watch whilst the remainder huddled together to keep themselves warm, all hands being wet to the skin. Sept. 11 —Sunday morning came, and the crew thanked God for having Pro tected them through the night and saved them from a watery grave. The weather was much finer, but the sky looked cloudy. Ai noon a slight shower came on, from which they caught half a bucket of water. The sixth of a pint Was served round to the crew three times during the day, and night setting in they commended themselves to God, that he would preserve them through the night. The weather continued fine, with an occasional shower, from which they obtained a supply of water. Sept. 12 was passed much in the same way. All hands mustered to try to get at the water that was in the fore-hold. They succeeded in getting out one of the casks, when, to their disappointment, the bung was out, and the water salt. Their allowance of bis cuit and the sixth of a pint of water was served out,and they again assembled to ask God's mercy to rest upon them through another night. Sept. 13.—Weather still fine, but ioggy. At 9 a.m. the man at the masthead reported a sail to windward, which proved true, but the weather became so thick, that, to (tell disappointment, the ship passed by them unobserved. Sept. 14.—Thick foggy weather, with a mode rate breeze, Caught three buckets of water, which proved! groat relief to them. The day passed as usual, and they aga in committed themselves to God. Sept. 15.—Foggy weathe r * Sept. 16.—Morning foggy ; but the fog cleared away at noon, and 1 p.m. the man at the masthead reported a sail bearing NW. At 2 30 p.m. the ship was within hail, an d she proved to he the Bremen barque Laura and Gertrude, from Baltimore and Amsterdam. The captain hove to, ter gig was launched, and the crew, numbering 18, tog they eth with two dogs and a cat, were taken on board , when theY assembled together and thanked God for sparing their lives. The statement of the crew is as follows : " We were on board the Laura an] Gertrude 27 days. Being l 6 days with an easterly wind we got short of provisions, and on Oct. 1 3 a steamship hove in sight. We hoisted signals and she cam e within hail, when we stated our case to the captain, Wh o took us on board. She proved to be the steam shi p Italia, bound for London; and on Oct. 16, by God's mercy, W a were landed safe on England's shores." The crew g ave Captain Poppleham the following testimonial of thanks " To Captain Poppleham, of the Bremen barque Laura and Gertrude,—We, the undersigned captain, officers, and sea men of the wrecked barque Lanarkshire, of Bristol, do here/ agree to return a vote of thanks for the humanity and kind ness shown to us on the 16th inst., in rescuing us from the perilous condition we were placed in; also for the kindneso and attention received from the officers and crew whilst on board your ship. Wishing you a speedy success in all ye . undertakings,—J. Hopwood, master ; John Bray , first notef James Cladworthy, second mate; Wm. Grant, carpent er; James Harm, steward ; John Parsons, Wm. Gregory , 13 " W. Silk, James Stephens, Thos. Dunkey , T hos. Charles Parsons, Elward S ma ild r udge, John Dun a n, Ftis ier, Shultz, Wm. Maggs, Thos. Churley, and Thom as seamen, Bristol Post. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, and for all fine descriptions previcus prices were maintained--seconds were rather inactive. In barley there was a full supplY , and prices were steady. A limited business in oats, beaus, and peas. White wheat. 44s to 458 1 Red wheat ........ 368 to 38 s Malting barley ...31s to 33s Chevalier barley...33s to 343 Distilling d 0..... 278 to 288 Oats . . Flour, 26s Od to 28s Od per sack from the miller. YORK—SATURDAY. WO had a less supply of wheat on offer from the:farraerl this morning, and a slow trade (wing, the prices of a: week being iully supported. There was quite an aversgt show of barley, but the demand was only moderate, 04 a t. ?bout late rates. Oats were a good show, and trade qule Beans in fair supply, at 6d under late prices. Wheat, red 38s to 40s 1 Uats.... ...... ISs W 2? White do .40s to 44s Beans .. 40.4. to 4Li Barley .. .27s to 32 .. flour,s Peas ..30 3 Malt, 58s to 60s per qr. ; rye, 30s per qr.; to 32s per sack. LEICESTER—SATunnAY. To-day there was a tolerable show of wheat , with goal sales. Barley, with a fair demand, at abou t late ratl6 —Old white wheat, 40s to 44s ; red, 39s to 40s per stone. New white, 40s to 42s per 36 stone. Malting i b ar „ 1 : 1 0 ; new, 32s to 34s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s; 01u.,„"., 1 -t o, 26s to 28s; Row oats, 2'2s to 25s per 24 stone. v e-- „ old, bBs to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 31s to 39s per 20 etoll". GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 42s to 458; red, 39 s to 410 per 36st'; new white, 408 to 448; red, 40s to 435. Malting boll; 31s to 35s per qr - grinding, 27s to 30s ; oats, old, 23s 268; new, 19s tall; beans, 34s to 408; peas, 34s to 3715' NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. t. the At our market to-day wheat came tairly to han d, bu trade was inactive, and lest week's prices were ab out ei de, tained. Barley in moderate ehow, with a firmer t ra A 3 o , —White wheat, from 44s to 50s ; red wheat, 38 8 to Barley—malting, 29s to 345; grinding, 28 s to 298. (:)tili old, at 26s to 30s Od; new, 23 s to 26 5. Beans B old at - to 448 per qr. ; new, —s to —s. Flour, fine, 28s to 30s ; super, 32s to 37s per 20 stoat'. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ~ 18. Australia and Mauritius, via South= ton. ...... ro/' , P N0v. 12, via Marseilles .. N Airazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ....... Pr°v• 7 n . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 2v. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Nov• 2,i via Marseilles ...Ot. 21' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 21' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. via Marseilles Oct, 2q• India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Oct. 2 1. Portugal.... slalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... Oct. .4.` Oct. 21 ' via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 26, by U.S. packet.... ~s. by Canadian packet. Oct. A All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Oct. 29. 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SEWELL.—On the 22d inst., at The Grange, Chie le Essex, the wife of Arthur Sewell, Esq., of a dauglii'er. Marriages. Mourns —FARROW —On the 19th inst., at Hove Brighton, John Talwin Morris, to Maria Silver Farr ° both of Reading. TOWSE—SavERLocx.. — On the 22d inst., at Saint Jollll Upper Lewisham-road, Deptford, William Beek j Towse, Esq., of Fishmonger's Hall, to Rosetta, sea' ) daughter of Henry Siiverlock, Esq., of Wickham-0° New Cross: Deaths. BROWNE.—On the 21st inst., at 5, Manor-terrace, Bri t „ ° , 1 11 1 Thomas Browne, Esq., of the Stock Exchange , Be n eon of the late Tobias Browne, Esq , of calobervi° aged 67. AfecV CUTLER.—On the 21st inst., at 16, Doughty-street, .--- lenburg-square, Mr. Ralph Cutler. HOLE.—On the 18th inst., at Ebberly, near Torrin t°Pi Devon, Charles Hole, Esq., aged 60, ' MEREDITH.—On the 21st inst., at Surrey Lodge, S 96l° ham. George Meredith, Esq., Moun —On the 21st inst., at Dalston, John Moul, of 106, Fenchnrch-street, aged 4). ,Triner ODELL.—On. the 20th inst., at The Shrubbery, Clapton, Islip Odell, Esq., aged 61, London : PririZed and Prbilshed try WILLIAM ANDI/1J1: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TilE SUN Offiee Na /7„t Strand, in the Precinct of the Sivoy, n the C cuutY October 21, 1604.